SAP AP & CO Lead Consultant

Roles & Responsibilities§ Lead the design and implementation of SAP Accounts Payable (AP) and Controlling (CO) solutions within SAP S/4 HANA Finance domain. § Drive end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process design, including invoice processing, vendor management, and payment runs § Define cost allocation cycles, planning, budgeting, and variance analysis frameworks § Ensure alignment with business performance management and reporting needs § Ensure alignment with accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal controls § Lead functional workstream delivery across SAP S/4HANA implementations, upgrades, and rollouts. § Drive adoption ofS/4HANA innovations such as Universal Journal and real-time analytics § Conduct workshops to gather and analyse business requirements for financial track. § Translate requirements into functional design and configuration specifications § Collaborate with FI, MM, SD, and cross-functional teams to ensure end-to-end integration § Collaborate with technical (ABAP) teams for enhancements, interfaces, and integrations § Design and review functional specifications for RICEF objects § Support data migration, testing (SIT/UAT), and cutover activities Technical Responsibilities§ Configure and drive SAP FI-AP modules and key processes, including: »  Vendor master data »  Invoice posting and validation »  Automatic payment program (F110) »  Withholding tax and tax integration §  Configure and drive SAP FI-CO modules and key processes, including: »  Cost Centre Accounting (COCCA) »  Profit Centre Accounting (PCA) »  Internal Orders »  Product Costing(PC) »  Profitability Analysis (COPA – account-based & costing-based) »  Variance Calculations, Over Heads, WIP Calculations Settlement »  Actual Price Calculation, Budget Planning §  Nice to have experience in : »  Asset Accounting and REFX »  Fund Management and Grant Management Role Requirement§ Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related discipline § Over 10 years of SAP experience, including at least 5 years with S/4HANA § Experience with cloud-based SAP deployments(e.g., RISE with SAP) and full lifecycle SAP implementations (design-build-test-deployment-hypercare). § Completed a minimum of 3 end-to-end implementation projects (lasting at least 4 years in total), with at least 2 of them being S/4HANA projects § More than 5 years of team lead experience and managed and led at least 3 team members. § Has worked on projects involving at least 20company codes and/or plants